R Words for Kids

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The letter R makes a rolling sound that kids practice in words like run, red, and read. R forms blends with many consonants (BR, CR, DR, FR, GR, PR, TR) and creates r-controlled vowels that change how vowels sound in words like car, her, and bird. This collection of R words for kids covers everything from simple sight words to advanced vocabulary.

R Sight Words – Dolch List

Pre-KKindergarten1st Grade2nd Grade3rd GradeNouns
red
run		 ran read
ride
round		 read
right		 — rain
ring
robin
room
Pre-K
red, run
Kindergarten
ran
1st Grade
read, ride, round
2nd Grade
read, right
3rd Grade
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Nouns
rain, ring, robin, room

R Sight Words – Fry List

First 100Second 100Third 100Fourth 100Fifth 100
read
right		 rain
ran
read
red
river
room
round
run		 reach
ready
really
red
remember
rest
right
road
rock
room
run		 race
rain
reached
ready
real
record
region
result
return
ride
river
road
rock
round
run		 race
rain
ran
rather
reading
reason
record
rest
result
rich
right
rock
root
rule
First 100
read, right
Second 100
rain, ran, read, red, river, room, round, run
Third 100
reach, ready, really, remember, rest, road, rock
Fourth 100
race, reached, real, record, region, result, return, ride
Fifth 100
rather, reading, reason, rich, root, rule

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CVC Words with R

These CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words feature R as the beginning or ending sound, organized by vowel pattern.

Short A words
rack raft rag ram ran rap rat rash
Short E words
red rep rest wreck
Short I words
rib rich rick rid rig rim rip risk
Short O words
rob rock rod romp rot
Short U words
rub rug run rush rust rut

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CVCe Words with R (Magic E)

These long vowel words feature R as the beginning or ending consonant, with a silent E making the vowel say its name.

Long A words
race rage rake rare rate rave raze
Long I words
rice ride rife rile rime ripe rise rite
Long O words
robe rode role rope rose rote rove
Long U words
rude rule rune ruse

R Consonant Blends

R combines with many consonants to form common blends at the beginning of words.

BR blends
brace brain brake branch brand brave bread break breath brick bride bridge bright bring broad broke brook broom brother brown brush
CR blends
crab crack craft crane crash crawl crazy cream creek creep crib crisp crop cross crowd crown crush cry
DR blends
draft drag drain draw dream dress drew drift drill drink drip drive drop drove drown drum dry
FR blends
frame free freeze fresh friend fright frog from front frost frown fruit fry
GR blends
grab grace grade grain grand grape grass grave gray great green greet grew grill grin grind grip groan ground group grow
PR blends
practice praise pray present press pretty price pride prince print prize problem promise proof proud prove
TR blends
trace track trade trail train trap trash travel treat tree trend tribe trick tried trim trip troll troop truck true trunk trust truth try

R Words for Kids by Grade Level

Pre-K & Kindergarten

Ages 3-6
Sight Words: red, run, ran
CVC Words: rag, ram, ran, rap, rat, red, rib, rid, rig, rim, rip, rob, rock, rod, rot, rub, rug, run, rut
First Nouns: rabbit, rain, rainbow, ring, road, rock, room, rope, rose

1st & 2nd Grade

Ages 6-8
Sight Words: read, ride, round, right, rain, river, room
CVCe Words: race, rage, rake, rate, rice, ride, ripe, rise, robe, rode, role, rope, rose, rude, rule
R Blends: brave, brick, bring, brown, brush, crab, crash, cream, cry, drag, draw, dream, dress, drink, drop, dry, free, frog, from, front, fruit, grab, grade, grass, green, grew, grow, pray, press, pretty, price, print, prize, track, train, trap, tree, trick, trip, truck, true, try
Vocabulary: reason, reptile, require, rhyme — See all 2nd Grade Vocabulary →

3rd Grade

Ages 8-9
Sight Words: reach, ready, really, remember, rest, road, rock
Advanced Blends: brace, brain, brake, branch, brand, bread, break, breath, bride, bridge, bright, broad, broke, brook, broom, brother, crack, craft, crane, crawl, crazy, creek, creep, crib, crisp, crop, cross, crowd, crown, crush, draft, drain, drew, drift, drill, drip, drive, drove, drown, drum, frame, freeze, fresh, friend, fright, frost, frown, fry, grace, grain, grand, grape, grave, gray, great, greet, grill, grin, grind, grip, groan, ground, group, practice, praise, present, problem, promise, proof, proud, prove, trace, trade, trail, trash, travel, treat, trend, tribe, tried, trim, troll, troop, trunk, trust, truth
Vocabulary: reference, region, relevant, reliable, resolution, resource, responsible, result, retell, revise, rhythm, rights — See all 3rd Grade Vocabulary →

4th Grade

Ages 9-10
Sight Words: race, reached, real, record, region, result, return, ride, river, road, rock, round
Vocabulary: realistic fiction, refine, relevant, reluctant, renewable, research, resolution, revolution — See all 4th Grade Vocabulary →

5th Grade

Ages 10-11
Sight Words: rather, reading, reason, record, rest, result, rich, right, rock, root, rule
Vocabulary: Reconstruction, ratio, reasoning, refute, register, relevant, reliability, repetition, retrieve, revision, rhetoric, rhyme scheme, rising action — See all 5th Grade Vocabulary →